General News of Monday, 8 March 2021

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

New ministers to begin work tomorrow

Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah is minister for Information Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah is minister for Information

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, has announced that all new ministers appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and now approved by Parliament, will begin official work tomorrow, Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

He made this known after a three-day retreat the president had with his new ministers at the Peduase Lodge to discuss his vision for their respective ministries with them.

The first batch of ministers were sworn into office by the president last Friday, March 9, 2021, at the Jubilee House in Accra.

President Akufo-Addo swore-in 28 of his 30 sectorial ministers on the which saw all but two of the ministers take their oaths of office.

The two outstanding, Ken Ofori-Atta, the minister-nominee for Finance, and Ebenezer Kojo Kum, the nominee for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, were not present because they are both indisposed.